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Google to Sell Old News Articles

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-don't-even-pay-for-new-news dept.

Krishna Dagli was one of a few people to note that Google is planning on selling old news. Or more accurately, scanning in 200 years of old newspapers, and selling people the ability to view the full text. They'll be using publications like the NYT and Time magazine. Summaries will be free, but the full article text will have a price.

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  1. hmmmm.... by Jesus+IS+the+Devil · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That's old news...

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  2. Google exagerates yet another market by malsdavis · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And they reckon people are actually going to pay for this?

    The development of such a technology will surely cost many millions for what must be a very specialised market. Maybe some researchers will find it useful but most of them work at universities (or have access to one) which already have such services available, albeit mostly non-digitalised.

    Yet more evidence imho that Google is really struggling to find ways of turning their cash pile into cash-generating ventures.